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Steve reaches over and wipes the tears from under Robin’s eyes with his thumb. He hates seeing her like this. He brushes a piece of wispy hair off her forehead.
“We should just get married.”
Robin snorts and lets out a ragged laugh, grin pulling at the side of her mouth as she looks up at him, taking in the very serious look on his face. She scoffs. “You’re kidding.”
Steve shakes his head and watches Robin’s face drop as he takes her hand. “It would just…make things easier.”
Robin’s staring at him like he’s insane.
“Just–” he sighs, “I don’t know, Robs. I hate seeing you struggle like this. I hate that everytime you come home from your parents you’re so defeated. I know you love them. But if you really don’t want to tell them and you want to keep seeing them, and the rest of your family, they aren’t just going to stop asking about your love life. Plus there was that job last month that you were pretty sure let you go because they were suspicious.” He rubs his thumb along her hand. “I hate that you have to hide away. I just– if we were married, then you wouldn’t have to worry about it as much.”
Robin shakes her head. “Steve– I can’t do that to you. What if you meet the love of your life tomorrow? This wouldn’t just change everything for me. It would make things very complicated for you, too.”
Steve shrugs. “I don’t care about that. And…maybe it’ll help me, too. I mean–” Steve sucks in a deep breath. “I might have my eye on someone already, actually.”
Robin huffs out a laugh, nudging her knee against his. “You’re really going to tell me about your massive crush on Eddie two seconds after proposing to me, Steven?”
Steve’s mouth drops open. “How did you know?”
Robin rolls her eyes. “Please. I know how you flirt. And Eddie is not subtle.”
An offended squawk leaves Steve’s throat. “I can’t believe you didn’t say anything to me!”
Robin squeezes his hand. “I knew you’d bring it up when you were ready to talk about it.”
Steve grins at her and nods. They’re quiet for a while, playing with each other’s fingers before Robin looks up at him with big, questioning eyes. “But what would I wear to the wedding?”
A big smile pulls across Steve’s face and he tugs her forward to squeeze her against his chest.